Cyprus vs Greece: Average area burnt per wildfire

Cyprus

654.5 hectares

in 2025

Greece

851.39 hectares

in 2026

Cyprus rank

5th

Greece rank

2nd

Average area burnt per wildfire over time

Greece currently reports 851.39 hectares against 654.5 hectares in Cyprus, a difference of 196.89 hectares.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.3 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Greece ahead.

Cyprus ranks 5th and Greece ranks 2nd of 181 countries.

Indicator: Average area burnt per wildfire
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 181 places, 2,589 data points, 2012–2026
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The average area burnt per wildfire, in hectares. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 August 2026.